September 11, 2007
Thompson Says He's No Churchgoer, Won't Tout Religion on Stump
by Kim Chipman
Bloomberg News
Republican presidential contender Fred Thompson, who has based his campaign on appealing to conservative voters, said he isn't a regular churchgoer and doesn't plan to speak about his religion on the stump.
Thompson, in his first campaign stop in South Carolina, told a crowd of about 500 Republicans yesterday that he gained his values from "sitting around the kitchen table" with his parents and "the good Church of Christ."
Talking to reporters later, Thompson, a former Tennessee senator, said his church attendance "varies."
"I attend church when I'm in Tennessee. I'm in McLean right now," he said referring to the Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C., where he lives. "I don't attend regularly when I'm up there."
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